Category: Sides

Stuffed Artichokes (with blue cheese)

Hello Artichokes! It’s spring! Time to commune with your favorite edible thistle! If you’ve never had artichokes (other than possibly the frozen or marinated artichoke hearts), you’re in for a treat. It’s a little bit

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Saucy Balsamic Tomatoes

Saucy Balsamic Tomatoes! So simple and SO good. When I was looking for the recipe for Salmon with Savory Lentils I found another Barefoot Contessa salmon recipe that was served on a bed of quickly

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Salmon with Savory Lentils

I used to hate lentils. Not lentils swimming around in soups and stews but lentils in a pile on a plate? No thanks. I think that’s because I’d never had really great lentils. They were

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Couscous with Peas & Mint

Couscous with Peas & Mint. Funky, refreshing, and delicious. Also quick and easy to prepare. This is the couscous that I made to go with the Shrimp with Fennel & Garlic featured in yesterday’s post.

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Greek Vegetable Salad

This is my new salad addiction. In the absence of good tomatoes – it is February after all, I am now alternating between this lovely veggie salad and Crunchy Celery Salad almost every week. Chick

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Squash with Chile Lime Vinaigrette

Behold! I bring you The World’s Best Squash Recipe! I’ve been cooking up a storm this week and have made new recipes for pie (banana cream!), almond cake, sweet & sour shrimp, roast chicken, really

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Mushroom & Barley Casserole

Please tell me you like mushrooms. You really need to like mushrooms so you can make this tasty casserole. Three kinds of mushrooms, carrots, and celery meet broth and barley for an amazing side dish

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Ratatouille with Gorgonzola Polenta

When you see the word Ratatouille, do you think of the delicious vegetable stew above? Or the cute Disney rodent below? Ratatouille is a perfect end of summer dish…especially for you gardeners who have an

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Gazpacho

I love Gazpacho. It’s summer in a bowl. If you haven’t tried it before, Gazpacho is a chilled, uncooked tomato and vegetable soup. Although it originated in Spain, Gazpacho quickly caught on in the US

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Panzanella Salad

Panzanella – Tomato and Bread Salad! When summer gives you gorgeous, juicy, ripe tomatoes, first make a BLT and then make this amazing salad. Panzanella started in Italy as a way to use up stale

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Farmer’s Market Salads

Real life lunch. Nothing too fancy but still mighty tasty. Simple, good ingredients from the farmer’s market almost don’t need any help from the cook. Buy what is fresh and in season and it’s pretty

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Pesto!

Nothing says summer to me like fresh basil. Living in Florida, I have pots of it growing on my patio most of the year, but basil never really gets going for most of the country

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